I cannot think that we are useless or God would not have created us.

I never tire of reading Tom Paine.

He who does something at the head of one Regiment, will eclipse him who does nothing at the head of a hundred.

There has never been but one question in all civilization-how to keep a few men from saying to many men: You work and earn bread and we will eat it.

Character is like a tree, and reputation is like its shadow.

I am not an accomplished lawyer.

I am much indebted to the good Christian people of the country for their constant prayers and consolations; and to no one of them, more than to yourself.